More than 3 billion barrels of oil is recoverable on the outer continental shelf, along with more than 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. States stand to gain royalties from extraction of these natural resources, and drilling could create hundreds of jobs ~ U.S. I...

Most of the heroin users now, their first opioid exposures are the prescription drugs. That’s true for at least 80 percent of today’s heroin addicts ~Dr. Wilson Compton, National Institute on Drug AbuseThe Jersey Shore has seen an increase in heroin use and part…

If you’ve got the day off for Presidents Day, you may have enjoyed sleeping in. You may be planning a day of relaxing or catching up on chores. Maybe you’ll go see a movie.That’s what’s great about days off. Freedom to…

After His Holiness Pope Francis leaves Philadelphia, his itinerary takes him to Washington, D.C. for a historic occasion - and a few lucky constituents in shore Representative Tom MacArthur's Third Congressional District will be in attendance.

As another season of American Idol is underway, it's amazing to think that the show is already in season 13. Since the show first began, Idol alum have shown that there is life after singing for votes, doing everything from reality TV to winning major movie awards. But one former contestant is …